Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Here's my problem with the Democratic primaries [View all]LiberalFighter
(53,528 posts)Right now the Republican primaries, when they hold them, have winner take all in the states. There might be some deviation in some states.
Democratic delegates are allocated to each state and congressional district based on Democratic voter turnout in the last 3 presidential elections. That means if there is a red state and blue state with nearly the same population they don't have the same number of delegates. Instead, the state with higher Democratic turnout has more delegates. That reduces rigging a state or district.
The same holds true delegates that are allocated based on results in a congressional district. All congressional districts have nearly the same population. But when the average of 3 presidential elections is used they don't all get the same number of delegates. It can be as low as 3 to as high as 9. Maybe 10 but don't remember. Michigan for example has 2 districts with 4 delegates, 5 with 5 delegates, 2 with 6 delegates, 4 with 7 delegates, and 1 with 9 delegates.
States also gain delegates that other states might not get because they have a Democratic governor or Democratic congressional members.
Congressional districts and states should consider this an incentive to work hard to elect Democrats. Doing so adds delegates to the convention.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden